Despite all of the pre-series buzz regarding the disdain between the Warriors and Clippers, it was nearly halftime in Game 2 before the first heated moment of the best-of-seven set unfolded.

With 4:48 remaining in the second quarter Monday night, Warriors centerJermaine O'Nealand Clippers head coach Doc Riversstarted yapping at each other during a stoppage. When they wouldn't end the argument after the ball was set to be put back into play, the officials assessed a double technical.

"Me and Jermaine are close, but not (Monday) - not during a game," Rivers said in his postgame news conference. "I have an amazing amount of respect for him. He's a warrior. He's been in this a long time. You know, when he came over later, we were laughing about it.

"We were born on the same day. Two Libras. Two stubborn fools. That's what that was about. I just kept telling him that I love him. I don't even know what he was saying."

O'Neal, who turned 35 on Oct. 13, played for Rivers from 2010-12.

"Yeah, we told each other that we loved each other," said O'Neal, rolling his eyes before Tuesday's practice. "We told each other how we felt - that we felt really good about each other. He's a competitor and was a player. I think he understands my mentality from me playing for him. I'm sure if we saw each other right now, we'd go out to lunch together and talk about it.

"It was nothing personal. It was in the heat of the moment. He's trying to get his team to win, and I'm trying to help my team win. ... We have bigger issues."

Injury updates: Rivers told a media gaggle in Los Angeles that point guard Chris Paulwill not do much on his strained right hamstring until Thursday's Game 3. "I think he's doing everything he can with it. ... These days (off) will be good for him. ... There is no change in Andrew Bogut's status, according to the Warriors. The center is still out indefinitely with a broken rib and was not at Tuesday's practice.